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SUBJ/2003 FEDERAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN COUNCIL AND NATIONAL IMAGE
/MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARDS WINNERS//
RMKS/1. LT PAMELA M. ECLAR IS THE 2003 FEDERAL ASIAN-PACIFIC
AMERICAN COUNCIL (FAPAC) MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD WINNER.
ADDITIONALLY, BOTH LT ECLAR AND ABHC(AW/SW) LEONARD TAYLOR ARE
WINNERS OF THE 2003 NATIONAL IMAGE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.
2. THE FAPAC AWARD IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO RECOGNIZE MILITARY
MEMBERS WHO HAVE EXCELLED IN PROMOTING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND
CULTURAL DIVERSITY FOR ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICANS. LT ECLAR CURRENTLY
SERVES AS ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER AT NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE, KINGS BAY,
GA. AS A LEADER IN BOTH THE MILITARY AND HER LOCAL COMMUNITY, SHE
CO-CHAIRED FIVE BASEWIDE, ANNUAL HERITAGE MONTH OBSERVANCES AND WAS
THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR NUMEROUS OTHER MILITARY AND CIVILIAN
CULTURAL EVENTS ALL OF WHICH MADE A DYNAMIC, POSITIVE IMPACT ON HER
SERVICE AND HER COMMUNITY.
3. THE MISSION OF NATIONAL IMAGE, INCORPORATED, IS TO POSITIVELY
IMPACT THE EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF HISPANIC
AMERICANS. OUR OTHER NAVY RECIPIENT OF THE 2003 NATIONAL IMAGE
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD, ABHC(AW/SW) LEONARD TAYLOR, SERVES AS
CHIEF PETTY OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE AVIATION BOATSWAIN'S MATE
(HANDLER) SCHOOL, NAVAL AIR MAINTENANCE TRAINING UNIT, NAS NORTH
ISLAND. AS COMMAND MANAGED EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COORDINATOR, HE WORKED
DILIGENTLY AND SUCCESSFULLY TO STRENGTHEN HIS COMMAND'S EO PROGRAM,
AND HE DEVOTED COUNTLESS VOLUNTEER HOURS WITHIN HIS COMMUNITY TO
HELP UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTHS PREPARE FOR A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.
4. LT ECLAR WAS RECOGNIZED AT THE FEDERAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN
COUNCIL MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARDS LUNCHEON ON 14 MAY 03. BOTH LT
ECLAR AND CHIEF TAYLOR WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE NATIONAL IMAGE
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARDS BANQUET ON 22 MAY 03. WELL DONE AND OUR
THANKS TO LT ECLAR AND CHIEF TAYLOR FOR THEIR SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
5. RELEASED BY VADM G. L. HOEWING, N1.//
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